Partner
José Guilherme Berman
José Guilherme Berman is a partner in BMA's Infrastructure and Regulatory & Government Affairs and Compliance, Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement practice areas. He has solid experience in individual and collective actions involving various areas of public law, such as public bidding procedures, electrical energy, oil and natural gas, price regulation, environmental law, administrative misconduct, anticorruption law, and expropriations. He represents clients both at the administrative level (budget oversight tribunals, the federal Controller-General's Office, and regulatory agencies) and before the courts.
Languages
- Portuguese
- English
- French
OAB
- OAB/RJ nº 119.454
Practice areas
Professional experience
Before joining BMA, he worked both in private practice and gained experience in the public sector, as legal advisor to the State Secretariat and to CEDAE, Rio de Janeiro's state-owned water supply and sewage treatment company.
José Guilherme lectures in undergraduate and graduate courses in Law at PUC-Rio, where he is currently lecturing in Comparative Law and Anticorruption Compliance. He has taught Constitutional Law at UNESA - Universidade Estácio de Sá and UNIFESO - Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos, and is the author of books and articles published in legal journals.
Education
Doctor of Laws in Theory of the State and Constitutional Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro – PUC/RJ, with research at the Université de Montréal, Canada (2013).
Master of Law in Theory of the State and Constitutional Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro – PUC/RJ (2006).
Bachelor of Laws, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ (2002).
Associations
José Guilherme is a member of the Institute of Brazilian Attorneys – IAB's Permanent Commissions on Constitutional Law (2nd vice-president) and Administrative Law, and of the Commission on Administrative Law (vice-president) and the Commission for Studies on Constitutional Proceedings of the Rio de Janeiro Section of the Brazilian Bar Association – OAB/RJ.
Recognitions
José Guilherme is recognized by The Legal 500 and LACCA Approved.
PUBLICAÇÕES DO PROFISSIONAL
Publicações
Prescrição, lei de improbidade e lei anticorrupção: algumas controvérsias. In A Juízo do Tempo. Estudos atuais sobre prescrição. Rio de Janeiro: Processo, 2018 pp. 441-458.
Direito Administrativo Consensual, Acordo de Leniência e Ação de Improbidade. In Administração Pública: Desafios para a Transparência, Probidade e Desenvolvimento. Belo Horizonte: Fórum, 2017. pp. 387-398.
Repercussão Geral no Recurso Extraordinário. 2ª edição revista e atualizada de acordo com o novo CPC. Curitiba: Juruá, 2016.
Controle Fraco de Constitucionalidade: Sistema Jurídico Contemporâneo e Direito Constitucional Comparado. Curitiba: Juruá, 2014.